HISTORY: The Unforgiven were apparently all former mutates in
service of the Genoshan state, which treated them incredibly
inhumanely and like slaves. When Fabian Cortez led the mutate
rebels that overthrew and assassinated the Genoshan government,
and proclaimed himself the new head of Genosha, he appointed the
Unforgiven as his personal bodyguards.

(X-Men II#26)- The X-Men
had come to Genosha during the civil war between mutates and
humans, with the intentions of stopping the atrocities being
committed by both sides. Almost immediately after they arrived
however, they were all knocked off their feet by a sonic (?) wave
from the Unforgiven, who informed the X-Men that they were
Cortez's appointed protectors, and when they realized that the X-Men
were there to stop the slaughter of the humans instead of aid in
it, the Unforgiven attacked.

(Avengers West Coast#101)- The
battle between the X-Men and the Unforgiven started out with the
Unforgiven cutting into a few of the X-Men's ranks. However, even
those of the X-Men that fell victim to the Unforgiven recovered
fast, and within minutes, the X-Men defeated every member of the
Unforgiven.

(Avengers I#369)- Exodus had
killed Cortez, and was going to destroy the entire island of
Genosha in minutes if the mutate rebels didn't kill every human
on the island. The Unforgiven declared themselves loyal servants
of Exodus, and quickly joined the fray. They knocked out
Revanche, and then went on to join the other countless mutates as
they attacked all humans and X-Men in sight. It is unknown what
became of them after Exodus' defeat.

COMMENTS: Created by Fabian Nicieza and Andy
Kubert

Man, if these guys were Cortez's bodyguards,
they sure didn't do their job well. They never even met Exodus,
and they were simply blindly following him and claiming to be his
servants. He never appointed them to a position like Cortez
did.

These guys had a really great dramatic
entrance, but were never really much of a threat, and were taken
down with ease.